Associations to the word «Syphilis»

Wiktionary

SYPHILIS, noun. (disease) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.

Dictionary definition

SYPHILIS, noun. A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King